Comparison

Detective Challenges vs Island Path Puzzle

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Detective Challenges

Features
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Play as detective Sherlock Holmes, embarking on an adventure to track down criminals based on meager facts. You will really enjoy the challenges that require extremely quick judgment.

About

Island Path Puzzle

Connect islands by building bridges according to specific rules. Solve logic puzzles with randomly generated levels and daily challenges. Play offline with intuitive controls.

Highlights
  • Connect islands with bridges
  • Follow three logical rules
  • Pure logical deduction gameplay
  • Nine different board sizes
  • Unlimited randomly generated levels
  • Daily new challenges
  • Offline play
Features
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Island Path Puzzle is small logical game where you connecting island while following three simple rules: 1) All islands are connected and there are no cycles 2) The number of bridges connected to a given island is equal to the number on the island 3) The number of bridges in each row and column is equal to the number at the beginning of the row or column It's up to you to discover the correct connections of the islands using pure logic. Using logical deduction in different parts of the game board, you discover places where there are or aren't bridges. In this way, bit by bit you will connect all the islands and you will have a tangled maze of connected islands. Game control is very simple and intuitive. Just click between two islands to create a bridge between them. With another click, the bridge is simply removed. Other features of the game: - Game contains nine different sizes starting from small with couple of islands up to big ones with hundreds of islands. - An unlimited number of randomly generated levels available. - Each day there are 10 new challenges - No internet connection is required to play this puzzle game. If you like logical puzzles, this game is exactly for you!

Screenshots

Detective Challenges3 screens
Island Path Puzzle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Detective Challenges at daily against Island Path Puzzle's every 2 months. Detective Challenges also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Detective Challenges sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Island Path Puzzle sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Detective Challenges ships an update daily, Island Path Puzzle every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Detective Challenges versus Island Path Puzzle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDetective ChallengesIsland Path Puzzle
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.3
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB15 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperCONG NGUYENLIBOR MASICEK

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Detective Challenges

One-time4
  • Nạp 20000 huy hiệu$0.99
  • Nạp 50000 huy hiệu$1.99
  • Nạp 80000 huy hiệu$2.99
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  • Nạp 150000 huy hiệu$3.99
4 purchases

Island Path Puzzle

One-time4
  • +10 hints$0.99
  • +25 hints$1.99
  • +100 hints$4.99
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  • Remove ads$9.99

Questions

Is Detective Challenges free?
Detective Challenges is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Island Path Puzzle free?
Island Path Puzzle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Detective Challenges or Island Path Puzzle have ads?
Both Detective Challenges and Island Path Puzzle show ads.
Which is updated more often, Detective Challenges or Island Path Puzzle?
Detective Challenges ships an update daily, and Island Path Puzzle every 2 months. Most recently, Detective Challenges was updated on October 16, 2026 and Island Path Puzzle on October 9, 2026.

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